Oracle Ships Cryptographic Posture Assessment in Data Safe, Warns on Copied TLS Traffic

Oracle has added a Cryptographic Posture Assessment to Oracle Data Safe that checks cryptographic configurations across database fleets and flags weak spots such as lingering TLS 1.0 and 1.1 support, SiliconANGLE reported on November 4, 2026. Agentic AI-driven remediation for the assessment is in preview.

How Oracle's Data Safe Assessment Works

Vipin Samar, Oracle's senior vice president of software engineering, database security, said the risk is present before powerful quantum computers arrive. "Even though we don't have quantum computers which are sufficiently powerful today, when they come, that can create a risk because people can make a copy of your encrypted data today," Samar said. "Your TLS 1.2 traffic, 1.3 traffic, I can make a copy of it. And then when quantum becomes available, I can figure out the session key and decrypt … your entire sensitive data."

Samar spoke with theCUBE Research's Dave Vellante at Oracle AI World. He said a strong network encryption setting does not cover weaker parts of a fleet. "It doesn't help if network encryption is strong, but other parts are actually on the weaker side. And this becomes a challenge, especially when PQC or the quantum computers come along because they can attempt to hack into any of those systems," Samar said.

Oracle is also positioning Deep Data Security, which enforces row- and column-level access in Oracle AI Database 26ai, for AI agents. The feature uses signed OAuth2 tokens to identify the end user behind an agent's query, treating AI as one more application accessing the same data. "We said instead of sprinkling this dust everywhere, why don't we secure at the source?" Samar said. "When you move something inside the database, you get great security because there are no ways to bypass it."

Oracle's Scale Behind the Security Push

Oracle reported fiscal 2026 revenue of $67.4 billion, up 17% year-over-year, and cloud infrastructure revenue of $5.8 billion in the fourth quarter, up 93% year-over-year, according to akta.pro company records. The same records list remaining performance obligations of $638 billion, a 363% year-over-year increase, and a June 2026 post-IPO equity round of $20 billion.

Oracle's Earlier Defense and Health Deals

In June 2026, Oracle announced the third cohort of its Oracle Defense Ecosystem at the Oracle Defence Tech Summit 2026 in Brussels, adding 10 defense technology companies, SiliconANGLE's timeline shows. Oracle also secured an $88 million Air Force Cloud One OCI task order through December 7, 2028, in the same month. Oracle Health expanded its Baystate Health partnership in June 2026 to deploy an AI-powered EHR, Clinical AI Agent and AI Data Platform across 5 hospitals, 80+ medical practices and the Health New England health plan.

Oracle's own announcement of the Data Safe assessment did not state pricing or a general availability date for the agentic AI-driven remediation.